Career FAQs
Is a career in O.R. and Analytics right for you?
Here are twelve questions and answers to help you decide.
- Should you consider a career in operations research/analytics?
- What exactly is operations research/analytics?
- What kinds of problems do operations researchers work on?
- How do operations researchers arrive at solutions?
- How big is the demand for operations researchers?
- Who hires operations researchers?
- What's the career outlook for operations researchers?
- What kinds of opportunities for advancement are there?
- What sorts of skills do operations researchers need?
- Where can you get the preparation you need?
- How can students interested in operations research and analytics find out more?
- What's it like to work in operations research and analytics?
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